Fiction in these genres can be a terrific tool for exploring ideas, but it cannot satisfy the human urge to find meaning in life and to aspire to a better world. That can only come through confronting the questions that we face in the here and now.
Except that it is by dreaming, by the act of imagination and creation that we advance ourselves and create a better world. Think of what wouldn't exist if we didn't dream the world as other than it is!
I think her (his?) arguments are highly unrealistic and ignore the existence of microcosms in all aspects of life.
I could pick it apart further, but I won't. I've made my main point.
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Date: 2004-03-08 01:38 pm (UTC)Fiction in these genres can be a terrific tool for exploring ideas, but it cannot satisfy the human urge to find meaning in life and to aspire to a better world. That can only come through confronting the questions that we face in the here and now.
Except that it is by dreaming, by the act of imagination and creation that we advance ourselves and create a better world. Think of what wouldn't exist if we didn't dream the world as other than it is!
I think her (his?) arguments are highly unrealistic and ignore the existence of microcosms in all aspects of life.
I could pick it apart further, but I won't. I've made my main point.